TREC GB Special Awards 2022 Voting Now Open! - TREC GB

TREC GB Special Awards 2022 Voting Now Open!

Posted on 16/12/202203/01/2023 by Amy Ransley

Congratulations to all finalists in the TREC GB Special Awards 2022 categories. The finalists for each category are listed below along with the reason they were nominated. To vote, please click on the voting button at the bottom of this page.

Please note: only current TREC GB members are eligible to vote for the Special Awards 2022.

Voting closes on Monday 2nd January 2023.

1. Best Summer Venue 2022

Grassroots Championships	Lovely site, lots of room and nice facilities The signage was excellent for all phases of the competition. Everything was easy to see and find. Lovely competition with a very friendly atmosphere
Marlborough Downs	Outstanding PoR route using historic byways and race training area, beautiful coralling field set in rolling downland, PTV and MA making great use of natural rolling downland setting too.
Stourhead	A wonderful location offering large corralling field, beautiful woods for the POR and fabulous valley for the PTV with the loveliest host family.
Welsh Championships, Llanthony	One of the most beautiful places on earth. Epic views and big mountain feel. Lots of happy helpers. Easy parking and corralling. Great outdoor obstacle plan. Well organised. Loved every minute. Just so beautiful, and so challenging to ride. Stunning scenery from the PTV field, walking distance to several pubs and a brewery/restaurant practically on site in the monastery! What`s not to love!

2. Best Summer POR 2022

Grassroots Champs	Varied terrain, interesting route up to Level 1 championships standards, tickets and CPs well placed.
Marlborough Downs	Stunning historic byways, race horse training routes, use of lanes and tracks, a joyous glimpse into another world.
Stourhead	Beautiful woods, fields and quiet lanes. Fabulous views. Really lovely and varied terrain. Challenging but not too much so. Great POR!
Welsh Champs, Llanthony	Stunning beautiful scenery, challenging riding, challenging POR.

3. Best Summer PTV 2022

Grassroots Championships	A lovely flowing course perfect for grassroots enough difficulty for this event. Jubilee theme with a Queen double on the Clover Leaf which presented a good challenge for some horses.
M&S_Marlborough Downs	Long galloping course, loved the decorated obstacles. Interesting use of terrain in the PTV field and use of props (animal masks/ducks/saddles/hats) on obstacles
Stourhead	Literally the most fun PTV I’ve ridden! Long and flowing route making use of natural terrain and fully optimising the gorgeous valley it was set in. The PTV was like going for a ride and meeting various obstacles,
Thornton	Lovely PTV with imaginative use of the wooded area and cross country course. Natural obstacles with good stretches between them. Happy judges! great terrain obstacles
Welsh Championships, Llanthony	Fabulous, flowing course over very varied terrain. Lots of options for different levels – 3 sets of Bending, 3 sets of ride ups and downs, varied jumps, for all abilities including a small tempting log for the L2s and a full height L4 log too.

4. Best Saturday Night 2022

Deer Park	Food was excellent and plentiful and cooked freshly by fantastic caterers.
Grassroots championship	It was delicious home cooked abundant and served with a smile. Pimm’s reception was a bonus 😀 KTS are renowned for their food and did not disappoint this year at the championships. 3 very tasty casseroles all home made with rice or bread went down well.
National Championships	Great meal held at the local cricket ground so you knew you could keep dry and warm if it rained. It didn’t but there was plenty of seating and people could easily mix. You can’t beat pie and peas! Plus loads of pudding choices and second helpings! Pie and gravy. What more could anyone want?!!!!!

5. Best Winter Venue 2021/2022

Cheltenham RDA	Winner last year, and continues to be the main stay of Wessex Winter Events has large parking area, gallery, large indoor and outdoor schools. Easy access, easy parking, spectator viewing. Cake! Happy helpers, well organised.
Croft Farm	Hugh indoor arena, great all weather warm up, great hard standing car park.
Kenwick	Plenty of parking, big warm up arena, good surfaces in both arenas with collecting ring inside. Lots of different classes for everyone
Shuttleworth	Indoor school to warm up as well as separate indoor school for competition, and they always have hot soup and cake in warm classroom available, Super friendly helpers.
The Grange	Large indoor arena and indoor warm-up, plus a viewing gallery and plenty of hardstanding parking.
Thornton house	The indoor arena is huge allowing for good space to lay out the obstacles together with the MA. Plenty of parking and always a kitchen full of cakes 😀 Always a lovely supportive atmosphere.

6. Best Volunteer 2022

Andy and David Chappell	Travels the country supporting TREC with husband David – I’ve seen Andy at all of the competitions I’ve been involved in this year! Yet again these 2 deserve a volunteers medal. I have ridden at many competitions over the years, at various spots across UK and they are often there, they did 2 checkpoints at the GBs and came to help at Llanthony too. They travel all over judging at competitions and have probably been to more venues than any one rider this year.
Cath Cromarty	Always there, always doing her thing. So many reasons – running a great competition at Llanthony. Volunteering as Vice Chair of the Trustees, Chair of Training Working Group and Rules Working Group. Thank you. Cath does SO much for our local group as well as TREC GB, organising competitions and judging and providing help and support to everyone taking part.
Helen Curley	She spends so much time, and travels so far helping, even when she is poorly and moving house. She is kind and encouraging, just a lovely person. Helen is an exceptional Treccie; although she’s not competing herself at the moment she dedicates so much of her time to Trec events making sure everyone has the best experience. She is so encouraging and welcoming to new members and is always there until the bitter end at all competitions. She turns up everywhere to help. Always smiling
Karen Butt	Always goes above and beyond. So much time!
Mike Messenger	Great scorer Done lots of set up of the scoring program. When not caring for his mother in law been at the events input scores and changing entries at the last minute on the day when pairs have decided to on their own
Sue Squirrel	Nothing is too much trouble. Her ideas and energy are endless Great advocate for the sport Really supports the newcomers Having arranged a fabulous camp she then followed it up with the Grassroots Champs and even managed to compete herself which deserves a medal!

7. Unsung Hero 2022

Cath Cromarty	For being the walking rule book, fountain of knowledge of TREC and giving so much of her time to support TREC in all of its pursuits For all she does, summer and winter to keep TREC flourishing. Anybody needing support or questions answered knows she will do that. Cath works tirelessly for TREC GB she competes, is on the board of trustees, runs TRAC Club, runs competitions, organises competitions, is a TD, works on several TREC GB working groups. Is extremely knowledgeable, and remembers everything.
Evie O’Keeffe	Her passion and enthusiasm for TREC is fantastic, and very catching. With her training program and competitions she is opening up TREC to a whole new audience. Her training style is great she is warm and encouraging and helps everyone. Just an all round wonderful person who consistently puts others above herself and does an amazing job of promoting TREC and encouraging people to embody the spirit of TREC.
Jess Wain	Fantastic mentoring and encouragement of the international junior riders. The championship was a huge challenge for all the junior riders and Jess really supported them getting the right balance allowing the riders to feel proud of their selection and recognising the responsibilities that go with representing TREC GB but at the same time giving them the framework to enjoy it. Jess took the time to make sure we were prepared for travelling to France with zoom calls and caught up with us at training and competitions before the championships. At the championships she looked after us and made us feel like a team and supported us to cope with the challenges of riding abroad for the first time Jess was a wonderful source of information, advise and encouragement. Having been a young rider herself she knew exactly what was expected and coached the juniors with a fantastic, positive attitude, always making the training fun. France was an incredible experience for the junior riders and their supporters & Jess more than earned her place with her wealth of knowledge, endless energy and devotion to her junior team.
Jill Perry	Jill has put on so many events mostly single handed and really supports grassroots. Her events and training are always super, she also supports the neighbouring clubs. Works tirelessly promoting TRECin East Anglia and offering training to new and old competitors. A great ambassador for Trec..

8. Best Judges Hospitality 2022

Grassroots Championships	Hot meals on Friday and Saturday evenings. Packed lunches for POR and PTV days. Hot drinks, cakes available to help themselves. (As well as being bought round during the PTV.) Well fed, well organised, can’t get much better!
Stourhead	Huge choice of packed lunches with the best cakes! Tasty and generous evening meal for those helping for two days.
Thornton	Organisers always smiling, coffee and cake always available, excellent food throughout.
Welsh Championships, Llanthony	All details of where to be were emailed well before and on the weekend there was plentiful food. Drinks came around on PTV day and extra snacks too if we needed them. A small but welcome gift of a torch was given to us all.

9. Best TREC Photo 2022